We can all say De Gea should have punched the ball out for a corner, or further away against Tottenham, but in fact he did well just to punch the ball because he was so under pressure. The guy who got the ball was unmarked, [Clint] Dempsey was unmarked, and this all comes from defending too deep.

“Gradually throughout the second half [against Tottenham] we dropped deeper and deeper and deeper, invited more balls to come in the box, and David de Gea actually had to make far too many saves, for my liking, to keep the team in the game. For me, that is what needs to be addressed, not what the goalkeeper is doing when he is punching balls.